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Please make sure you to get a shortcut URL request approved before making public or putting it on any printed materials.</p><p>Before making a request check our <a href="https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/website/urls-and-domains/shortcut-urls">Shortcut URL list</a>, to ensure it does not already exist or if a similar one exists going to the same page</p><p>The relevant web page will need to be published before a shortcut address can be set up.</p><h3>Web standards</h3><p>Shortcut URL'S should be meaningful and follow the standards below:</p><ul><li>All words in lower case</li><li>No hyphens</li><li>No spaces</li><li>No underscores</li><li>No acronyms</li><li>No special characters ('&' '?' '!' '拢' '*' etc.)</li><li>Can not start with a number, it can contain a number but not at the start</li><li>No second forward slash e.g. /libraries/wellbeing</li><li>Use Plain English in the briefest description possible</li><li>It can contain numbers, but keep in mind that this can cause confusion. For example, without further clarification "5greatwalks" and "fivegreatwalks". sound the same when said aloud.</li><li>Shortcuts can only link to the Surrey website and not to files or other websites</li></ul><p><strong>Please note</strong>: As print and social media campaigns are being used more frequently to promote pages, we will look at shortcut URL requests for these on a case-by-case basis. If your requested shortcut URL does not meet the above standards, we will work with you to find an alternative solution.</p><h3>Make a request</h3><p>shortcut URL for the Surrey County Council website, by completing our online form:</p><p><a href="https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=RbVh2UwQ0E6Fgh9XDwWVzW2tAT93kfxIvMaqEgnxQPdUNFpRUDhCSFhJT0lLTTVWN1kwUjRVVkRVSC4u" class="scc-btn scc-btn--forward">Request a shortcut URL</a></p><p>Please note: Our web content management system assigns unique ID numbers to all web pages, so it is possible to change a page title after a shortcut URL has been set up without breaking the shortcut link.</p><hr /><h2>Domain names</h2><p>No separate domain names are allowed except for partnership websites that have been fully approved by the Web and Digital Services Manager.</p><p>Domains will be retained by us for a minimum of three years, even when no longer needed. 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